Kazakhstani students filmed for documentary set for release in their country

Crews of Kazakhstani channels Qazaqstan and Khabar 24 arrived at Kazan to chronicle President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s visit.

Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs Timirkhan Alishev welcomed the TV professionals and familiarized them with KFU’s history and current priorities. In particular, he mentioned that Kazakhstanis comprise 570 of the University’s 11,000 international students. Students from our neighboring nation are interested in many major, such as economics and business, international relations, social sciences, biology, medicine, physics, and geology. Notably, Kazakhstani nationals have the privilege of enrolling through all the available channels – Russian state exams, internal university exams, special competitions, and international scholarships.

The crews interviewed several Kazakhstani students, among them junior year student of program engineering Dmitry Zheleznov, who, among other things, is also a recipient of Tatarstan government’s grant for IT students.

 

Source text: Alina Minnevalieva

Photos: Yuliya Akmurzina

Translation: Yury Nurmeev